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Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about
- S$ S* _! d$ h6 ?1 p3 _) N7 Zeleven (11) things they did not and will not learn in school.
- K& Q5 f! O7 i7 t. JHe talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings
$ m% {0 R2 U2 e. s) `, |/ Rcreated a generation of kids with no concept of reality and
5 d9 ~! _! L( `7 ]: D5 z' Q9 Ahow this concept set them up for failure in the real world. / L' N; ^' M+ u2 t4 t5 P" g$ Y6 R
H2 _8 N7 J0 }4 Z1 j1 [Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it! 7 M( e. L J3 f( e: e9 C/ T
Rule 2 : The world doesn't care about your self-esteem. " S5 l1 {% C( c- J# c
The world will expect you to accomplish something 9 g5 z/ m% n7 m! x) A9 ~' R
BEFORE you feel good about yourself.$ s# t. q9 z# {1 a' t
Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.
8 Y8 U$ {: ?1 Z: @1 S0 Q: n1 k5 r! VYou won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.% c: N+ a! z" h$ q4 Y7 E5 O9 l, l
Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss ( t/ o- f: u* X6 Z' e
Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. 0 W' M% M$ c' e! p1 S- l3 g) z
Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping:
0 {, c6 R( S! r/ ^6 a0 Y/ M+ vThey called it opportunity.
( c) H/ |2 C- n$ Y9 {# K2 nRule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault,
" D5 _" f2 S% R0 q% ]+ [so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.* k! I( T6 ?- `1 x
Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring
" ?! ^$ ~5 e% |as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, & o7 h4 {: R1 O; z5 w+ Z: |
cleaning your clothes and listening to you 7 _; `' d( A( f* l5 o
talk about how cool you thought you were: 1 ? ^) T, d& U" C
So before you save the rain forest
: C) Q9 z) w/ [5 X* y- L0 y7 M lfrom the parasites of your parent's generation, % S! U" z5 _9 |$ l9 ?% C) I# t7 ]
try delousing the closet in your own room..
0 [' x% Y5 J5 j2 f! v$ n2 Y. sRule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, ) y+ V, X& v( z% Y& Q) M* `1 Z
but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades 6 o8 X: j0 c$ X9 W9 i0 d
and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer.
/ S. }9 z+ B2 W7 [' | H*This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
( i) \, G( b0 n z _Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters.
0 S8 F0 ]3 n, y% RYou don't get summers off and very few employers 6 X) G" K W- c8 z: `2 [" h
are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF.
& h2 Z( Q4 v; k* I*Do that on your own time.. I$ P) N$ ]" f5 r; G
Rule 10 : Television is NOT real life. 5 F# N' K& d$ [! a0 C
In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.7 e h m4 x' R: u( H
Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds. 8 a+ f; v# _ K6 W
Chances are you'll end up working for one.. |
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